But this article at ZDNet.com, where the author points out the outrage that is apparently being generated over the advertisements in place in some Windows 8 apps, has me thinking about whether or not advertising is just going to become more and more prevalent, and thus something we should simply accept.

Remember those scenes in the 2002 Tom Cruise film "Minority Report", where everywhere people walk they are barraged with customized (and constant) advertising? Granted, that is a somewhat dystopian view of the future of advertising, but could some version of that become a reality? Whiter teeth? Why, I would LOVE that!

But, I digress. Is Windows 8 to blame for this? Hardly. Everywhere you go there are ads (except, I should point out, at IBM DeveloperWorks). Blogs, emagazines, web sites, email. Everywhere. And this has been true for years. I can't even watch a YouTube video without sitting through an avert.

So, should we be angry? Are ads going to become more and more prevalent in all things cyber?